Austin hardcore band Mugger (whose members have also played in Creepoid, Radioactivity, and The Well) are about to drop a new two-song 7″ on Quiet Panic Records tomorrow (8/10), including a song ...

When Negative Approach frontman John Brannon takes the stage, his surroundings by now must be incredibly familiar. The room is dim and sparsely furnished, packed full of young men with short hair and ...

Negative Approach is Ready to Fight: Old school Detroit hardcore punks Negative Approach were recently in these parts to open for Circle Jerks, and now they’re in Long Beach for a matinee gig. It’ll ...

Nashville’s Be Your Own Pet returned last year after taking the 2010s off, and just released their first album in 15 years. Mommy finds them older, wiser, and a little more responsible, but still ...

Detroit hardcore legends Negative Approach are taking a quick break from their endless tour with Circle Jerks to squeeze in a riotous gig at El Rocko Lounge on Thursday, Sept. 28. Negative Approach ...

Zach Curd (The Pop Project, Suburban Sprawl Records) used to be a bit of a hardcore punk. Now, as things happen, he’s a 33 year-old married dad. Instead of ignoring the cognitive dissonance, Curd ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Negative Approach Hangs with Dwarves: Detroit’s hardcore kings Negative Approach have a loyal fanbase here in SoCal, and this show with Dwarves is going to be wild. Like, crushing circle pit-wild.